Embedding/extending with tclstubs in applications

Is the tclstub library only there for extending existing tcl
interpreters, or can it be used for embedding tcl in applications? The
main thing I'd like to do would be to use tcl stubs or anything to be
able to load the currently existing dll, because for my application I
will not know which tcl dll is in my local directory at run-time. I
also do not want to statically link with a tcl library because I want
to give the user of my application the ability to dump any tcl dll in
my application's directory and be able to work off of that version of
tcl. However, it appears that I cannot call any Tcl_ commands without
loading a dll and I would like to avoid having to explicitly name the
dll and using LoadLibrary because I don't know exactly which dll is
going to be in my local working directory. I was hoping I could
tclstubs in some way to get this working, but I cannot figure out what
exactly I can do with it. Thanks in advance for your help!

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Sam Fatoohi wrote:
> Is the tclstub library only there for extending existing tcl
> interpreters, or can it be used for embedding tcl in applications?

You can use it apps, sure.

> The
> main thing I'd like to do would be to use tcl stubs or anything to be
> able to load the currently existing dll, because for my application I
> will not know which tcl dll is in my local directory at run-time.

exactly ;)

> I
> also do not want to statically link with a tcl library because I want
> to give the user of my application the ability to dump any tcl dll in
> my application's directory and be able to work off of that version of
> tcl. However, it appears that I cannot call any Tcl_ commands without
> loading a dll and I would like to avoid having to explicitly name the
> dll and using LoadLibrary because I don't know exactly which dll is
> going to be in my local working directory. I was hoping I could
> tclstubs in some way to get this working, but I cannot figure out what
> exactly I can do with it. Thanks in advance for your help!
>

First off, what O/S?  On windows you just use LoadLibrary, grab
Tcl_CreateInterp, call it, then Tcl_InitStub, Tcl_FindExecutable, then eithe
r
use or discard that interp.

- From where to LoadLibrary is a bit tricky.  ActiveTcl stores its location 
in
 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ActiveState\
ActiveTcl\* .  The old Scriptics
installers used  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scriptics\Tc
l\* .  A DIY build w
ith
nmake doesn't set any regkey.  There is currently no TIP to state any cohere
nce
with this particular problem.


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David Gravereaux <davygrvy@pobox.com>
[species:human; planet:earth,milkyway(western spiral arm),alpha sector]

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Thank you very much for your reply David. I am using windows and
compiling with MS VC++ 6.0 (soon moving to .NET 2003). Since I don't
have the name of the tcl dll that I'm using (tcl83.dll, tcl84.dll,
etc), I'm assuming I'll have to use a function like the findTcl
function that you've used in previous posts, such as the one in which
you defined a KickStartTcl function. I'll give that a stab and
hopefully it works for me. Thanks again for your help David.